Amendment to H.R. 22, the Surface
Transportation Reauthorization and
Reform Act of 2015: This amendment
allows states to increase Gross
Vehicle Weight on federal interstate
highways up to 91,000 pounds with the
addition of an additional (sixth)
axle.

Y

H.R. 185, the Regulatory Accountability
Act: Modernizes the
Administrative Procedure Act’s
rulemaking process by:
• Increasing public participation in
shaping the most costly regulations
before they are proposed;
• Requiring that agencies must choose
the least costly option, unless they
can demonstrate that public
health, safety, or welfare requires a
more costly one;
• Giving interested parties the
opportunity to hold agencies
accountable for their compliance with
the
Information Quality Act;
• Providing for on-the-record
administrative hearings for the most
costly regulations;
• Restricting agencies’ use of interim
final regulations where no comments
are taken before a regulation
takes effect and providing for
expedited judicial review of whether
that approach is justified; and
• Providing for a more rigorous test
in legal challenges for those
regulations that would have the most
impact.

Y

H.R. 348: the RAPID Act: Amends the Administrative Procedures Act to streamline the review, approval, and/or permitting process required by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for construction projects that are partly or fully financed with federal funds.

Y

H.R. 427, the REINS Act: Requires that Congress vote on any major rule or regulation coming from the executive branch that is estimated by OMB to impact the economy by $100 million or more.

Y

H.R. 527, the Small Business
Regulatory Flexibility Improvement
Act: Amends the Regulatory
Flexibility Act of 1980 and the Small
Business Regulatory Enforcement Act of
1996 to revise and expand the
rulemaking requirements and procedures
of federal agencies that affect small
entities.

Y

H.R. 712, the Sunshine for Regulatory
Decrees and Settlements Act: Addresses
the sue & settle issue by providing
transparency and public engagement
when courts force a regulatory agency
to issue regulations under judicial
authority.

Y

-

H.R. 1029, the EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act: Revises the
process of selecting members of the
Science Advisory Board, guidelines for
participation in Board advisory
activities, and terms of office.

Y

H.R. 1030, the Secret Science Reform Act: Prohibits EPA from
proposing, finalizing, or
disseminating a covered action unless
all scientific and technical
information relied on to support such
action is the best available science,
specifically identified, and publicly
available in a manner sufficient for
independent analysis and substantial
reproduction of research results.

H.R. 1732, the Regulatory Integrity Protection Act: Requires EPA to withdraw its Waters of the U.S. rule and develop a new proposed rule after engaging in meaningful stakeholder consultation.

Y

H.R. 1734, the Improving Coal Combustion Residuals Regulation Act: Gives states the authority to create their own permitting process for management and disposal of coal ash.

Y

H.R. 2042, the Ratepayer Protection Act: Requires judicial review of EPA’s 111(d) rule for existing power plants (Clean Power Plan) to be completed before states are compelled to comply. It would also ensure that no state would be forced to implement a state or federal plan if the governor finds it would significantly harm energy affordability or reliability.

Y

H.R. 2647, the Resilient Federal Forests Act: Provides the Forest Service with new tools to expedite needed management of the National Forest System; streamlines NEPA compliance, discourages litigation, and provides access to new funding streams to help pay for forest management projects.

Y

H.R. 3438, the Require Evaluation before Implementing Executive Wishlists (REVIEW) Act: Requires federal agencies to postpone the implementation of any rule imposing an annual cost on the economy of at least $1 billion if a petition seeking judicial review of that regulation is filed within 60 days of the rule taking effect.

Y

H.R. 4775, the Ozone Standards Implementation Act: Prevents a rushed implementation of the 2015 ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), by: • Setting a 10-year implementation schedule for the 2015 ozone NAAQS to provide states time to complete work on implementing the 2008 ozone standard, • Adjusting the NAAQS review cycle to 10 years, establishing a more realistic review cycle, • Requiring EPA to issue implementation guidance concurrent with any NAAQS revision, and • Providing important relief for Prevention of Significant Deterioration permits.

Y

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H.R. 1526, the Restoring Healthy
Forests for Healthy Communities Act:
Requires the U.S. Forest Service to
increase timber production on National
Forest lands. Exempts land in the
National Wilderness Preservation
System. The Agriculture Department
would have to provide 25 percent of
the revenue from timber operations to
counties containing national forest
land. Prohibits injunctions against
forest reserve projects in response to
procedural complaints about its
selection and planning process. Waives
judicial review for any forest debris
removal project resulting from a 2013
wildfire.

Y

H.R. 2218, the Coal Residuals Reuse
and Management Act:
Prohibits EPA from regulating coal ash
as a “hazardous waste.” This bill
ensures the safe regulation of coal
ash in a cost-effective manner, while
protecting public health, the
environment and thousands of high-paying jobs.

H.R. 2642, the Farm Bill Conference Report: This bill contains a number of provisions
supported by AF&PA:
• Includes the Forest Products
Fairness Act (HR 979), which allows
forest products to be included in
USDA’s biobased programs.
• Includes compromise language
that exempts forest roads and
silviculture activities from any
permitting requirements and the
citizen suit provision of the Clean
Water Act. The language does not
prevent EPA from considering non-
permit measures for forest roads and
silviculture activities.
• Includes improvements to
conservation programs like the
Conservation Stewardship Program and
multiple beneficial provisions related
to federal land management
• Calls for the Secretary of
Agriculture to revise the strategic
plan for the FIA program and includes
direction on what should be included.
• Funding for Energy Title
programs generally was reduced. The
Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP)
has been reduced to $25 million a year
in total funding, not more than half
of which can be used for the
Collection, Harvest, Storage and
Transportation (CHST) payments that
previously were a concern for the
industry.

H.R. 5078, the Waters of the United States Regulatory Overreach Protection Act: Prohibits the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers and EPA from
implementing the proposed Waters of
the US rule issued on April 21, 2014.

Y

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H.R. 910, the Energy Tax
Prevention Act: Prevents the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) from regulating
greenhouse gas emissions under
the Clean Air Act without the input of
Congress.

Y

H.R. 2250, the EPA Regulatory
Relief Act: Allows more time for EPA to fix, and for companies to comply with, the Boiler MACT rules. Boiler MACT is a
regulation issued under the Clean Air
Act that requires EPA to regulate
pollutants from emission sources.
EPA's
Boiler MACT rule will require more
than
90 percent of boilers to make
significant changes, some of which are
not technically achievable with real
world boilers.

Y

H.R. 2273, the Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act: Amends
subtitle D of the Solid Waste Disposal
Act to facilitate recovery and
beneficial use, and provide for the
proper management and disposal, of
materials generated by the combustion
of
coal and other fossil fuels.

Y

H.R. 2401, the Transparency in Regulatory Analysis of Impacts on the Nation Act: Requires
analyses of the cumulative and
incremental impacts of certain rules
and
actions of the Environmental
Protection
Agency.

114 H.R.167H.R. 167, the Wildfire Disaster Funding Act - Requires specified adjustments to discretionary spending limits in FY2015-FY2022 to accommodate appropriations for wildfire suppression operations in the Wildland Fire Management accounts at the Department of Agriculture (USDA) or the Department of the Interior. If USDA or Interior determines that supplemental appropriations are necessary for wildfire suppression operations, the bill requires the relevant department to submit to Congress a request for the funding and a plan for obligating the funds. This bill would end the destructive cycle of fire borrowing and treating catastrophic wildfires like other natural disasters.

Support

114 H.R.1388H.R. 1388, the Clean Air, Strong Economies Act - Prohibits the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from lowering its national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for ozone until at least 85% of counties that are in nonattainment areas (counties that are exceeding the limit) have attained the standard. In promulgating a primary or secondary NAAQS for ozone, the EPA must: only consider a county to be a nonattainment area on the basis of direct air quality monitoring (rather than modeling); take into consideration feasibility and cost; and include in the regulatory impact analysis for the proposed and final rule at least one analysis that does not include any calculation of benefits resulting from reducing emissions of any pollutant other than ozone.

Support

114 H.R.1652H.R. 1652, the SAVINGS Act - Directs the Department of the Treasury to: (1) allow individual taxpayers an option to purchase U.S. savings bonds in paper form with a portion or all of a tax refund during the period ending on December 31, 2020; or (2) implement an alternative option that allows for the gifting of U.S. savings bonds, serves the unbanked, and retains the ability to sign-up on the return of tax.

Support

114 H.R.1732H.R. 1732, the Regulatory Integrity Protection Act - Requires EPA to withdraw its Waters of the U.S. rule and develop a new proposed rule after engaging in meaningful stakeholder consultation.

Support

114 H.R.2042H.R. 2042, the Ratepayer Protection Act - Requires judicial review of EPA’s 111(d) rule for existing power plants (Clean Power Plan) to be completed before states are compelled to comply. It would also ensure that no state would be forced to implement a state or federal plan if the governor finds it would significantly harm energy affordability or reliability.

Support

114 H.R.2647H.R. 2647, the Resilient Federal Forests Act - Provides the Forest Service with new tools to expedite needed management of the National Forest System; streamlines NEPA compliance, discourages litigation, and provides access to new funding streams to help pay for forest management projects.

114 H.R.3673H.R. 3673 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mail paper forms to any individual who filed a paper return for the preceding taxable year.

Support

114 H.R.4000H.R. 4000, the Ozone NAAQS Deadline Harmonization Act - Changes the NAAQS 5-year review cycle to 10 years to ensure a fair regulatory process that encourages job producing investments. Creates a phased, 10-year schedule for implementation of the 2015 Ozone NAAQS rule to allow reductions from the 2008 standard and current programs before any further state actions. Allows new projects to be permitted under the more favorable 2008 standard for the next 2025.

Support

114 H.R.4775H.R. 4775, the Ozone Standards Implementation Act - Delays implementation of the 2015 ozone NAAQS until 2025 and lengthens the NAAQS review cycle from five years to ten years for all NAAQS. This bill also requires concurrent issuance of all implementation requirements with any NAAQS revision and allows technical feasibility to be a secondary factor in setting the NAAQS after public health is considered.

Support

113 H.RES.30Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Postal Service should take all appropriate measures to ensure the continuation of its 6-day mail delivery service.

Support

113 H.RES.97Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the federal government should ensure that citizens continue to be provided with paper-based information, products, services, and public notices while providing citizens the ability to opt-in to electronic delivery; and (2) decisions by federal agencies regarding the elimination of paper-based information, products, or services should be subject to congressional oversight.

Support

113 H.R.612The Safe and Efficient Transportation Act - Allows a state to set interstate weight limits of up to 97,000 pounds—but only for vehicles equipped with an additional (sixth) axle. The required sixth axle would maintain braking capacity and the current distribution of weight per tire without changing the size of the truck. While the additional axle maintains vehicle safety performance and minimizes pavement wear, the additional user fee for six-axle units would fund bridge repair. The legislation will allow for a more efficient Highway transportation system.

Support

113 H.R.979The Forest Products Fairness Act - Amends the Farm Bill to make forest products eligible for USDA’s Biobased Markets Program, which is marketed by USDA as the BioPreferred® program. The program is comprised of two separate initiatives: Product Labeling and a Federal Procurement Preference.

Support

113 H.R.1526The Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act -
Requires the U.S. Forest Service to increase timber production on National Forest lands. Exempts land in the National Wilderness Preservation System. The Agriculture Department would have to provide 25 percent of the revenue from timber operations to counties containing national forest land. Prohibits injunctions against forest reserve projects in response to procedural complaints about its selection and planning process. Waives judicial review for any forest debris removal project resulting from a 2013 wildfire.

Support

113 H.R.2026The Silviculture Regulatory Consistency Act - Provides a permanent and clear legislative fix to preserve EPA’s existing regulation of forest roads under the Clean Water Act and prevents burdensome litigation over how “forest roads” should be treated under the Act. It would preserve EPA’s position that forest roads should not be regulated as point sources under the Clean Water Act and would prevent further determinations down the road that Clean Water Act point-source discharge permits would be required for everyday activities, such as reforestation, thinning, and pest and fire control, that occur across the country on public, private, state and tribal forest roads.

Support

113 H.R.2218The Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act - Prohibits EPA from regulating coal ash as a “hazardous waste.” This bill ensures the safe regulation of coal ash in a cost-effective manner, while protecting public health, the environment and thousands of high-paying jobs.

Support

113 H.R.3385The Save Access to a Valuable Investment Needed to Generate Savings Act (SAVINGS Act) - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) allow individual taxpayers an option to purchase U.S. savings bonds in paper form with a portion or all of a tax refund during the period ending on December 31, 2018; or (2) implement an alternative option that allows for the gifting of U.S. savings bonds, serves the unbanked, and retains the ability to sign-up on the return of tax.

Support

113 H.R.4007The Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program Authorization and Accountability Act - Reestablishes the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) Program, under which the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) is required to: (1) establish risk-based performance standards designed to protect covered chemical facilities from acts of terrorism; (2) require such facilities to submit security vulnerability assessments and develop and implement site security plans; (3) review and approve or disapprove each such assessment and plan; (4) arrange for the audit and inspection of covered chemical facilities to determine compliance with this Act; and (5) notify, and issue an order to comply to, the owner or operator of a facility not in compliance.

Support

112 H.R. 763The Safe and Efficient Transportation Act - Allows a state to authorize a vehicle with a maximum gross weight (including enforcement tolerances) exceeding certain federal weight limitations to operate on Interstate Highway System (IHS) routes in the state if: (1) the vehicle is equipped with at least six axles, (2) the weight of any single axle does not exceed 20,000 pounds, (3) the weight of any tandem axle does not exceed 34,000 pounds, (4) the weight of any group of 3 or more axles does not exceed 51,000 pounds, and (5) the gross weight of the vehicle does not exceed 97,000 pounds.
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish a safe and efficient vehicle bridge infrastructure improvement program. Requires the Secretary to apportion amounts from the Safe and Efficient Vehicle Trust Fund to states for eligible bridge replacement or rehabilitation projects.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) impose a tax on any vehicles that exceed federal weight limitations operating on the IHS, and (2) establish the Safe and Efficient Vehicle Trust Fund.

112 H.R. 2541The Silviculture Regulatory Consistency Act – Provides a permanent and clear legislative fix to preserve EPA’s existing regulation of forest roads under the Clean Water Act and prevent burdensome litigation over how “forest roads” should be treated under the Act. It would preserve EPA’s position that forest roads should not be regulated as point sources under the Clean Water Act and would prevent further determinations down the road that Clean Water Act point-source discharge permits would be required for everyday activities, such as reforestation, thinning, and pest and fire control, that occur across the country on public, private, state and tribal forest roads.